Edward Waters College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• African Methodist Episcopal religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement, media, mathematics, business and management, and music.
• Selective admissions.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Edward Waters is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 843 in 2009-2010 (782 full-time equivalent).

About 66% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 34% of the class.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Edward Waters provides on-campus housing for 455 of its 782 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Florida Sun Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 6 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 100% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (29 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (11 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

HOSPITALITY (0 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (3 awarded)

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (8 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Gerontology

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (4 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (13 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (9 awarded)

• Psychology